Ross Beaty will look you in the eye and tell you that he believes that "trees are spiritual beings," and that "nature" is his religion. He'll also talk comfortably about the "ephemeral" quality of our time on earth and rant about consumerism and what he sees as a misguided obsession...

It was a stretch to think that a high school girl from the 'burbs of British Columbia could ever make her way into the spotlight beside some of the biggest names in pop music including Prince, Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Justin Timberlake, and Pink. And yet...

Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas carefully sweeps falling leaves off the path to his Bowen Island home as, nearby, a string of colourful Buddhist prayer flags loft in the breeze. The artist, born of Haida and European bloodlines, stands comfortably on both cultural shores, purposefully straddling the place in between.

Coming from a middle ground, the images bring a unifying human element to the ongoing pipelines discussion. Remote and obscure places come to life in photos set against the backdrop of a large-scale map showing the places that were along the pipeline route.